forage master

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Forage \For"age\ (?; 48), n. [OF. fourage, F. fourrage, fr. forre, fuerre, fodder, straw, F. feurre, fr. LL. foderum, fodrum, of German or Scand, origin; cf. OHG. fuotar, G. futter. See Fodder food, and cf. Foray.]

1.The act of foraging; search for provisions, etc. [1913 Webster]

He [the lion] from forage will incline to play.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
One way a band select from forage drives A herd of beeves, fair oxen and fair kine.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
Mawhood completed his forage unmolested.— Marshall.[1913 Webster]

2.Food of any kind for animals, especially for horses and cattle, as grass, pasture, hay, corn, oats. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Forage cap. See under Cap.

Forage master (Mil.), a person charged with providing forage and the means of transporting it. --Farrow. [1913 Webster]

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